International Journal of Research in Orthopaedics | November-December 2020 | Vol 6 | Issue 6 Page 1233 International Journal of Research in Orthopaedics Das A et al. Int J Res Orthop. 2020 Nov;6(6):1233-1238 http://www.ijoro.org Original Research Article Functional outcome of arthroscopic Bankart repair in post-traumatic recurrent shoulder dislocation in a private tertiary care teaching hospital in eastern India Ayon Das 1 , Subhrojyoti Bhowmick 2 , Nikhilesh Das 1 , Swarnendu Samanta 1 , Somnath De 1 , Sayan Das 3 * INTRODUCTION The shoulder is the most commonly dislocated joint in the body, because of its relative lack of bony limitations and extensive range of motion. 1 The glenohumeral joint requires a stable pivot for keeping the upper extremity at a wider arc of a circle in the three-dimensional plane. The special orientation of the shoulder provides the glenohumeral joint with a high degree of mobility at the cost of stability. ABSTRACT Background: Recurrent anterior shoulder dislocations are quite common in young patients with Bankart lesions. The open Bankart repair was the gold standard for years, however arthroscopic Bankart repair has gained popularity. The aim of the study was to evaluate the functional results of arthroscopic Bankart repair in patients with post-traumatic recurrent anterior glenohumeral instability. Methods: Patients who underwent arthroscopic Bankart repair for post-traumatic recurrent anterior shoulder dislocation were included in the study. This was a prospective study conducted at a tertiary care Hospital in Kolkata, India between August 2017 to May 2019. All patients were followed up at an interval of 2 weeks, 6 weeks, 12 weeks, 6 months, 9 months and 1 year. Rowe score was used to assess the functional outcomes of the patients. Results: 34 (91.9%) patients reported good to excellent results, whereas only 2 (5.4%) patients had fair outcome and 1 (2.7%) patient demonstrated poor surgical result. The total rowe score improved from 46.62 pre-operatively to 94.20 post-operatively after 1 year (p<0.01). By the end of 1-year follow-up, 35 (94.6%) patients had full range of motion in all the planes. Majority of (89.2%) patients did not have any complications. Only 1 patient out of 37 had a recurrence (2.7%). Conclusion: Arthroscopic Bankart repair is an effective, cosmetic and safe surgical procedure with good clinical outcomes and excellent post-operative shoulder range of motion. This surgical intervention also has low recurrence rate and minimum surgical complications. Keywords: Bankart repair, Arthroscopy, Shoulder dislocation, Shoulder surgery, Recurrent shoulder injury, Shoulder instability 1 Department of Orthopaedics, Peerless Hospital & B.K. Roy Research Centre, Kolkata, West Bengal, India 2 Department of Academics, Quality & Research, Peerless Hospital & B.K. Roy Research Centre, Kolkata, West Bengal, India 3 Department of Pharmacology, Dr. D.Y. Patil Medical College, Hospital & Research Centre, Pune, Maharashtra, India Received: 01 August 2020 Accepted: 16 September 2020 *Correspondence: Dr. Sayan Das, E-mail: doc.sayan.das@gmail.com Copyright: © the author(s), publisher and licensee Medip Academy. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License, which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.18203/issn.2455-4510.IntJResOrthop20204590